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queryman
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Username: Queryman
Post Number: 1
Registered: 12-2013
| | Posted on Sunday, December 08, 2013 - 10:45 am: | 
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anyone using a generic instead of Prograf? what's the difference? |
Charley E
Member
Username: Charley_e
Post Number: 1
Registered: 07-2009
| | Posted on Sunday, December 08, 2013 - 11:10 am: |
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I use a generic for prograf, and have for three and a half years. We could not tell any difference at all. Mine was a lung transplant by the way, just over four years ago. Chuck |
papillonbleu
Forum Leader
Username: Papillonbleu
Post Number: 2301
Registered: 10-2007
| | Posted on Sunday, December 08, 2013 - 03:30 pm: |
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I have taken the generic of Prograf, tacrolimus. The only difference between the brand name and generic should be in the inactive ingredients whereas the active ingredient, tacrolimus, is the same. When I was on the generic, I think my level of tacrolimus went up a little bit but not enough that my doctor was concerned. I went back onto the brand name because I found out that my insurance would make me pay the same price for either one. A doctor said that he noticed on occasion a difference in how some absorbed the generic in comparison to the brand name probably due to the different inactive ingredients.Best of wishes to you.
Bobbiejo
Forum Leader-Multivisceral
dx: GERD 1995, gastroparesis 2002, pseudo-obstruction of the bowel 2004
multivisceral transplant, 6 organs, 10/06/05
University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital
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Cora
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Username: Cora
Post Number: 542
Registered: 06-2007
| | Posted on Monday, December 09, 2013 - 02:03 pm: |
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According to the social worker at my local hospital, the tolerances for error in dosing is slightly greater for a generic than for a brand name. This can lead to some problems for transplant patients, but if your drug levels stay consistently good, I don't think there should be a problem.
Dx with T1 in 1966
Kidney tx in Minneapolis 2002
Pancreas tx in 2008 |
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